(urth) Babbiehorn?: Was: a sincere question mostly for roy

[David Stockhoff]

On 11/17/2011 10:18 AM, James Wynn wrote:
>>
>> David Stockhoff wrote:
>> I'd still like to know if you think Horn can fade into the background 
>> without dying. That's my literal sense of it---he just gives up.
>
> Based on my interpretation, there is no "Horn" left to die. His spirit 
> left when he broke his neck in the pit (I'm guessing that since 
> Seawrack and Babbie could plainly tell that he was dead by looking at 
> him). His body and brain died on Green and were left behind. All that 
> is left is what the Neighbor *remembers* of his memories and his 
> mission. The Horn does not possess the Neighbor. The Neighbor is 
> imitating Horn out of guilt for (as he sees it) killing him. It is 
> again the whole trope of "imitating in order to become". To the extent 
> that Silk possesses the Rajan, well that is just very hard to say. All 
> of Silk's memories are there in physical form. I'm sure it can be very 
> confusing at times. He seems to come to some degree of equanimity at 
> the end of the story but who can tell? 

I understand now why you dislike the idea that Horn went into Babbie. I 
think it's a matter of how you conceive the behavior of minds and 
memories when they move around. I can see Horn as either resurrected or 
replaced.

If we could pin down the prophecy that might help!